Icelanders have voted against reopening membership talks with the European Union, rejecting a government proposal to revive negotiations amid concerns that joining the bloc could threaten the country's control over its fishing waters and national sovereignty.

The Nordic nation shelved earlier plans to join the EU over fishing rights, but geopolitics, including Trump's threat to seize Greenland, has prompted a rethink.

Icelanders will vote on Saturday on whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union, with the result expected to be finely balanced after a campaign dominated by…